Three Bands will play to raise funds for DDDB’s legal fight against Bruce Ratner's plan for the “Atlantic Yards” development project.

Grammy-winning band klezmer band the Klezmatics will play a special concert on November 8 at the Brooklyn Lyceum to benefit Develop Don’t Destroy Brooklyn (DDDB). Two other area musical groups, Kakande and the Demolition String Band, will also perform.

The benefit concert will raise funds towards DDDB’s state lawsuit challenging the Atlantic Yards project's environmental review and approval and the federal lawsuit challenging the state's abuse of eminent domain. Both of these lawsuits were organized by DDDB, and are funded entirely by individual donations from the community and fundraising events throughout the year. Both lawsuits are pending; a victory in either suit would mean that developer Forest City Ratner's Atlantic Yards project would not move forward.

Concert Details are as follows:

The Klezmatics, Kakande, and Demolition String Band
Thursday, November 8
Doors at 7pm
Brooklyn Lyceum
227 4th Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11215
(718) 857-4816
$20 in advance, $25 at the door
For online tickets, go to http://www.dddb.net/klezmatics

Several local merchants, such as Erica’s Rugelach and Maria’s Mexican Bistro, will be donating food, baked goods, and drinks to the show.

DEVELOP DON’T DESTROY BROOKLYN (DDDB) leads a broad-based community coalition advocating for development that will unite Brooklyn’s communities instead of dividing and destroying them. DDDB opposes Forest City Ratner's "Atlantic Yards" proposal in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn. For more information, visit: http://www.dddb.net/php/aboutdddb.php

The Klezmatics are world-renowned superstars of the klezmer world. They erupted out of New York City’s East Village in 1986 and revitalized klezmer for the new century. Their klezmer is one steeped in Jewish spiritualism and Eastern European tradition while incorporating more provocative themes such as social rights and anti-fundamentalism with eclectic musical influences such as gospel, punk, and Arab, African, and Balkan rhythms. Over the course of nearly twenty years, they have released six albums of wild, spiritual, provocative, reflective, and ecstatically danceable music, forever redefining and transcending traditional labels.

Driven by Famoro Dioubate's rockin' African xylophone, Kakande is full of surprises. Athletic African flute and warm cello grooves join a guitarist from Bembeya Jazz and the heartfelt vocals of Missia. "The African Tina Turner" Diabaté. The group carries an 800 year old musical tradition to America– and will make you shake your booty!

The Demolition String Band is a potent mix of twangy honky-tonk, bluegrass and a good strong dose of raucous rock n roll. The band grew out of the meeting of Chicago born Elena Skye, who played in her first bluegrass band at the tender age of 15, and North Carolina native Boo Reiners. They've opened for such diverse acts as Joan Osborne, Patti Smith, Asleep At The Wheel, Ramblin' Jack Elliot, and Southern Culture On The Skids. DSB is finishing up their fourth CD "Lovin'," recorded in Meban, NC with Rick Miller of Southern Culture On The Skids producing.